Thursday, December 18, 2008

How will Kansas City affect the Rams' offseason plans

While we're all trying to figure out what the Ram front office is going to do, heck, what it's even going to look like, after the season, we need to cast a wary eye westward. The Kansas City Chiefs are dueling with the Rams down the stretch for the #2 pick overall. And that isn't all - Carl Peterson has stepped down over there as general manager.

That makes it that much harder for the Rams to hire Marty Schottenheimer as head coach, which has been my preference ever since about halftime of Week 1 this season. Schottenheimer now has long and successful history with two other franchises - K.C. and Cleveland - very likely to be joining the Rams in offseason front-office and/or head coach searches. And complicating those searches.

And if the Rams are looking at Dick Vermeil for a team-president type role, he had a good experience across the state as well.

If the Rams have a candidate they definitely want, they're going to have to come strong and pay big.

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